Laura Waterman
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Laura Waterman (born 10 October 1932) is an American author, mountaineer, homesteader, and conservationist, primarily known for her writing on the outdoors, a collaborative effort with her husband Guy Waterman.[1] They were early spokespersons and advocates for the hiking movement of the 1970s with their books Backwoods Ethics and Wilderness Ethics. The Watermans' writing and advocacy are credited with giving significant impetus to the Leave No Trace program[2][3].
The Watermans' devotion to the mountains of the Northeast generated two definitive mountain histories, Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains (1989), and Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States (1993). Their last co-authored book was a collection of fiction and essays, A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True (2000) was published a few months after Guy's death.
Waterman is the subsequent author of three other books: a memoir Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage (2005), Starvation Shore, a historical novel on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of the 1880s (2019), and a second memoir Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays (2024).
She administers The Waterman Fund, supporting education, trail work, and research in the alpine and subalpine zones of Northeastern North America[4].
Publications
Singly authored books
- Starvation Shore, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2019, ISBN 978-0299323400
- Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays, SUNY Press, Albany, 2024, ISBN 978-1438496245
- Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, Counterpoint, 2006, ISBN 978-1593761042
Coauthored books
- Backwoods Ethics: A Guide to Low-Impact Camping and Hiking (co-author with Guy Waterman, Countryman Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0881502572
- Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness, (co-author with Guy Waterman, Countryman Press, 1992 ISBN 978-0881502565
- Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains (co-author with Guy Waterman), Excelsior Editions, 1989, ISBN 978-1438475301
- Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States (co-author with Guy Waterman), Stackpole Books, 1993, ISBN 978-0811737685
- A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True (co-author with Guy Waterman), Mountaineers Books. 2000, ISBN 978-0898867343
References
- ^ https://vtdigger.org/2024/03/14/vermont-conversation-acclaimed-vermont-author-laura-waterman-reflects-on-her-life-in-the-mountains-and-her-husbands-death/Goodman, David (March 14, 2024). "Acclaimed Vermont author Laura Waterman reflects on her life in the mountains and her husband's death". VT Digger. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ https://ijw.org/leave-no-trace-how-it-came-to-be/
- ^ https://www.lnt.org/sites/default/files/Leave_No_Trace_History_Paper.pdf
- ^ https://www.watermanfund.org/about/board-of-directors/